Interface - PLAXIS 3D Output objects documentation

# Interface

Result types for Interface
Property Long name Unit Description
X X Length X coordinate
Y Y Length Y coordinate
Z Z Length Z coordinate
Ux ux Length Total displacement in x direction
Uy uy Length Total displacement in y direction
Uz uz Length Total displacement in z direction
Utot |u| Length Total displacement
dUx Δux Length Incremental displacement in x direction
dUy Δuy Length Incremental displacement in y direction
dUz Δuz Length Incremental displacement in z direction
dUtot |Δu| Length Total incremental displacement
PUx Pux Length Summed displacement per phase in x direction
PUy Puy Length Summed displacement per phase in y direction
PUz Puz Length Summed displacement per phase in z direction
PUtot |Pu| Length Total summed displacement per phase
Vx vx Length/Time Velocity in x direction
Vy vy Length/Time Velocity in y direction
Vz vz Length/Time Velocity in z direction
Vtot |v| Length/Time Total velocity
Ax ax Length/Time2 Acceleration in x direction
Ay ay Length/Time2 Acceleration in y direction
Az az Length/Time2 Acceleration in z direction
Atot |a| Length/Time2 Total acceleration
IRelUx ux,rel Length Difference in displacement between opposing nodes in a structure in x direction
IRelUy uy,rel Length Difference in displacement between opposing nodes in a structure in y direction
IRelUz uz,rel Length Difference in displacement between opposing nodes in a structure in z direction
IRelUtot |urel| Length Total difference in displacement between opposing nodes in a structure
IReldUx Δux,rel Length Difference in incremental displacement between opposing nodes in a structure in x direction
IReldUy Δuy,rel Length Difference in incremental displacement between opposing nodes in a structure in y direction
IReldUz Δuz,rel Length Difference in incremental displacement between opposing nodes in a structure in z direction
IReldUtot |Δurel| Length Total difference in incremental displacement between opposing nodes in a structure
IRelPUx Pux,rel Length Difference in summed displacement between opposing nodes in a structure per phase in x direction
IRelPUy Puy,rel Length Difference in summed displacement between opposing nodes in a structure per phase in y direction
IRelPUz Puz,rel Length Difference in summed displacement between opposing nodes in a structure per phase in z direction
IRelPUtot |Purel| Length Total difference in summed displacement between opposing nodes in a structure per phase
InterfaceEffectiveNormalStress σ'Force Force/Length2 Normal stress in direction of interface
InterfaceTotalNormalStress σForce Force/Length2 Total interface normal stress
InterfaceShearStress τ1 Force/Length2 Shear stress on interface in first direction
InterfaceShearStress2 τ2 Force/Length2 Shear stress on interface in second direction
InterfaceRelativeShearStress τrel - Relative shear stress in interfaces
PExcess pexcess Force/Length2 Excess pore pressure
PActive pactive Force/Length2 Active pore pressure
Temperature Temperature ° Temperature of the soil at the interface
PlasticPoint Plastic points - Plastic point IDs of the interface
QualityLength QualityLength - The ratio between the smallest and largest edge of an element
QualityAngle QualityAngle - The ratio between the smallest triangle angle and $\pi$/3 in soil elements
QualityQ QCircle - The uniformity of the element shape
Agx ax('g') - Acceleration in g in x direction
Agy ay('g') - Acceleration in g in y direction
Agz az('g') - Acceleration in g in z direction
Agtot |a|('g') - Total acceleration in g
Suction Suction Force/Length2 Suction
EffSaturationAsPercentage Saturationeff % Effective saturation
VirtualInterfaceThickness Virtual interface thickness factor Length Simulated thickness of the interface. Only used for internal calculations
Area Area Length2 Area
U1 u1 Length Total displacement in first local axis direction
U2 u2 Length Total displacement in second local axis direction
U3 u3 Length Total displacement in third local axis direction
dU1 Δu1 Length Incremental displacement in first local axis direction
dU2 Δu2 Length Incremental displacement in second local axis direction
PU1 Pu1 Length Summed displacement per phase in first local axis direction
PU2 Pu2 Length Summed displacement per phase in second local axis direction
PU3 Pu3 Length Summed displacement per phase in third local axis direction
Height Elevation Length Elevation
IsCurved IsCurved - Whether the element is curved
QualityLinLength QLength - The ratio between this element'Time length and the maximum structure element length that exists in the entire mesh
QualityCircles Quality circles - Equal to QualityVolumeQ
QualityMeshSICN SICN - 1 when the mesh element is a perfect triangle
MaterialID Material - ID of material used by element
PlasticPointHistoryMohrCoulomb Plastic point history, Failure points - The stress points that are marked as failure points. The value is the same as what PlasticPoint returns for failure points, but all other stress points are 0
PlasticPointHistoryTensionCutOff Plastic point history, Tension cut-off points - The stress points that are marked as tension cut-off points. The value is the same as what PlasticPoint returns for tension cut-off points, but all other stress points are 0
PlasticPointHistoryCap Plastic point history, Cap points - The stress points that are marked as cap points. The value is the same as what PlasticPoint returns for cap points, but all other stress points are 0
PlasticPointHistoryHardening Plastic point history, Hardening points - The stress points that are marked as hardening points. The value is the same as what PlasticPoint returns for hardening points, but all other stress points are 0
PlasticPointHistoryCapHardening Plastic point history, Cap + hardening points - The stress points that are marked as cap hardening points. The value is the same as what PlasticPoint returns for cap hardening points, but all other stress points are 0
PlasticPointHistoryLiquefaction Liquefaction - The stress points that are marked as liquefaction points
SPUx ΣPux Length Summed displacement over phases in x direction
SPUy ΣPuy Length Summed displacement over phases in y direction
SPUz ΣPuz Length Summed displacement over phases in z direction
SPUtot |ΣPu| Length Total summed displacement over phases
PWater pwater Force/Length2 Pore water pressure
EffSuction Suctioneff Force/Length2 Effective suction
EffSaturationAsRatio Saturationeff % Effective saturation
Qn Qn Length/Time Water flow along the interface normal.
Q1 Q1 Length3/Time/Length Groundwater discharge of the interface
Q2 Q2 Length3/Time/Length Groundwater discharge of the interface in the perpendicular direction
NodeID Node ID - Returns the ID of the nodes
StressPointID Stress point ID - Returns the ID of the stress points
ElementID Element ID - Returns the ID of the nodes
LocalNumber Local number - The n-th node or stress point in a structure element (also displayed in the tables of Output program)